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Old 03-03-2009, 06:34 AM   #15 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Jthorn View Post
You can never calculate all variations and neither can computers at the moment, nor will they for a very long time, although of course they will always have an advantage in that part. Chess most definetely *is* a game of uncertainty and making decisions with incomplete information.
Not quite true. If I recall correctly computers can now easily beat the strongest human players. The solution space for chess isn't that big.

In Go on the other hand, computers can't even beat a mediocre player.
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